Flatbed Car

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BMS Longrider
Information
Vehicle Type	Flatbed Car
Health	1500
Resistance(damage reduction)	Light Armor -99%  -85%  -00%  -00%  -15%  -70%  -00%  -70%  -85%  -70%
Repair Cost	100
Inventory Slots	1
Production Site	Large Assembly Station
Cost	20  15  10
Packaged Size	Large

“	A flatbed car for transporting large resources and munitions by train over long-distances.	„
	— In-game description

The BMS Longrider (also known as a Flatbed Car) is a train car designed to transport various shippable structures and vehicles.

General Info

Crew

The BMS Longrider does not require a crew to operate.

Armament

The BMS Longrider is not equipped with a main armament.

Inventory

It has 1 inventory slot which can hold any item, and a loading area that can hold 1 small or large shippable.

Engine & Mobility

• Uses no fuel
  
• Can only move on Railway Tracks, must be placed on tracks with a crane
• Cannot move on its own, requires a Locomotive connected to it to be moved
• Can ram and destroy any structures (such as deployed Tripods) in its path
• Instantly destroys any unarmored vehicle in its path if there are no friendly soldiers inside of them
• Does not trigger Anti-Tank Mines

Health & Armor

The BMS Longrider has 1500 HP. It has "Light Armor" resistance: it can soak small arms fire and shrapnel, and it is immune to Flamethrowers. It can soak 12.7mm machine gun fire but not for long. Heavy explosives and anti-tank weaponry are an extremely dangerous threat to it.
It takes 100 Basic Materials to fully repair it from 1% to 100% health with a Hammer.

Interactions

• Couple two cars together - hold Shift + E and press Couple Cars (they must be touching/close together)
• Decouple two connected cars - requires a Wrench used in the area between the two cars
• Able to carry one small or large shippable
  • Must be loaded and unloaded by a Crane
  • The shippable is invincible while on the car, hitting it transfers the damage to the car.
  • If the car is destroyed, the shippable is deleted, except if it is a Material Pallet, Resource Container, Shipping Container, or Liquid Container which is dropped on the ground instead.

A train can have up to 15 cars connected, Locomotive(s) included.

Production

Structure	Input(s)	Output	Time
Large Assembly Station	20 x Processed Construction Materials 15 x  Assembly Materials II 10 x  Assembly Materials III 8 MW of power	BMS Longrider	00:30:00

The BMS Black Bolt Locomotive must be fully researched in the Vehicle Tech Tree in order to be produced.

Storage & Transport

The BMS Longrider cannot be stored in a Storage Depot, Seaport or Storage Ship.

It can be packaged into a large Shippable and transported only by certain Shipping Vehicles (Barge, Freighter, Storage Ship, Flatbed Car, or Large Crane).

Tactics

The BMS Longrider is essential for transporting any types of goods to a destination. Depending on the destination, and how much resources the player wants to carry, it can have a maximum of 14 Flatbed Cars (one Locomotive and 14 Flatbed Cars).

Using these makes large trains the most powerful vehicle in the game, logistics-wise, as their ability to transport Resource Containers, Shipping Containers, and vehicles (in both crate form, or standard vehicle form) in large quantities. Even a minimum of six Flatbed Cars carries more equipment/resources than a Freighter.

Trivia

• Despite having a low profile, the player is unable to vault over it, meaning they must walk around the entire train in order to bypass it.

Gallery

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  A BMS Black Bolt connected to a Container Car and a Flatbed Car

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  Three Flatbed Cars loaded with a Material Pallet full of 150mm shells, a Shipping Container, and a Huber Lariat 120mm

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  A Crane loading a Shipping Container on a Flatbed Car

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  An empty Flatbed Car

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  The menu of a BMS Longrider

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  The Container Car and the Flatbed Car introduced in the Update 1.50 ('Inferno') Dev Stream